Ngan Kee, Rachel
Milne, Valerie
Dalbeth, Nicola
Grainger, Rebecca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9201-8678
Funding for this research was provided by:
Arthritis New Zealand (Arthritis New Zealand)
Article History
Received: 30 March 2022
Accepted: 2 November 2022
First Online: 24 January 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the University of Otago Human ethics (Health) committee (H21/166) and endorsed by the Research Advisory Group (Māori) at the senior author’s DHB of employment (RAG-M #907). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before the focus group and interview.
: Not applicable.
: RG and ND are employees of District Health boards in Aotearoa New Zealand, employed to provide rheumatology services. RG is a member of the Editorial Board of BMC Rheumatology. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.